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The Fallen

By: David Baldacci
Narrated by: Kyf Brewer, Orlagh Cassidy
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Summary

Amos Decker, David Baldacci's unique special agent with the gift of a remarkable memory, returns in The Fallen.

Small towns which have seen better times are not unusual. But the mysterious events in Baronville, Pennsylvania, are raising the highly tuned antennae of Agent Amos Decker and his FBI partner, Alex Jamison. What was supposed to be a relaxing vacation turns into a murder investigation when two bodies are found in a nearby deserted house.

With the body count rising, Decker and Jamison dig deep to uncover a sinister truth in Baronville, which could be the canary in the coalmine for the rest of the country.

But even the duo's skills and Amos Decker's infallible memory may not be enough to save this town, or them, from becoming the next victims.

©2018 David Baldacci (P)2017 Hachette Audio (US)

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Giving up on Baldacci

I've listened to quite a few of Baldacci's different protagonists and to be honest I'm fed up of the formula .. The main body of the stories are all efficient enough (although I'm never completely convinced by the logical progressions) - but it's the overly dramatic and unconvincing endings that constantly let them down, always involving an avalanche of exposition resembling the ending of an episode of Scooby Doo .. So with his determination to 'tell' as opposed to 'show' I think I'll be giving Mr Baldacci a miss from now on.

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Not his best

The readers of this book gave a far better performance than the book deserved. I usually really like Amos Decker. Let’s put it this way if this was the first book with Amos as his main character I wouldn’t be buying another. But I know from the past books he can be a really great character.

Poor storyline with great storytelling.

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A good yarn but implausible

The latest Amos Decker story sees him and his sidekick Alex Jamison, on vacation together staying with her sister ‘s family. Immediately they get involved in an investigation of murder and conspiracy. The plot is ambitious to say the least and it is entertaining and well paced throughout though prone to cliche.
My immediate question was why would they vacation together? The next one was Why does Decker need Jamison at all apart from her being a vehicle for Decker to explain himself to readers? She does almost zero detective work. As the story progresses the murders mount up as the baddies try to contain things. Obviously such a strategy can’t work as the more bodies the greater the law enforcement response.
Anyway Decker solves everything more or less single handed as all the other cops are dumb or corrupt.
Fortunately in the end all the baddies are bang to rights or dead and the goodies are rich (apart from our heroes).
The problem with Decker and his altered personality state is that he is very one dimensional and apart from his talent as a detective nobody would want to go on vacation with him.

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Excellent

I have read a few in this series, really enjoyed this one. Well written and narrated.

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Fantastic storyline

Kept me captivated right to the end. Brilliant action packed thriller Can't wait to read the next one

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Mediocre a thriller without any thrills.

I bought this because at £1.99 it seemed worth a punt. It wasn't. The story is cliche ridden and the decision to flip between a male and female narrator simply doesn't work. Adding a wooden narration to a poor plot.

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Brilliant from start to finish :)

This book is fantastic, twists and turns keeps you guessing till the end, it's the 4th book in the Amos Decker series. The Audio book is off the charts:)
David Baldacci is amazing all his books I have listed to are fantastic :) :)
Kyf Brewer and Orlagh Cassidy are very talanted they make the Audio book amazing 💥👏

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not my thing

First of all let me say that I hated the two narrators device, with the male narrator reading all the male roles and the female all the females, but this I mean that if you had a conversation between two characters of opposite sex you would have two narrators doing each part; very annoying.
The book itself is even more irritating than the annoying narration, every single character is just a soundboard to show us how incredibly clever Decker is. The story itself becomes grotesquely convoluted by the end.

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Another Baldacci winner!

another interesting and beguiling plot, well written and excellently presented.
Amos Decker solves the mystery!

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too far fetched

the ophoid pandemic is just too much. with the hansel & Gretel house its no

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